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; ^2*7 V -»v - gam*; .f7i\^ yrxww Thursday, January 1, 1953 Y«ar Sets New Attendance Totals At Museum Of Science-Industry " Attendance at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry for the past year showed an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year's record with total visitors over the two million mark for. the first time. Total attendance as of Dec. 28 was 2,141,926. (Attendance for 1951 was 1,853,693.) Highest single day's attendance was Sunday, Dec. 7, with a total of 29,001. It was the same weekend that pushed the museum's total for the year oyer the two million mark. Major Lenox R. Lohr, museum president, reviewing the yearend report prepared by D. M. MacMaster, . museum director, pointed out that more than seven million visitor hours had been spent in the Museum, based on an average stay of more than three hours. This presents more than the usual traffic problems for the Museum staff, according to Major Lohr, for to accommodate the ever growing numbers of visitors who stay longer, Museum service facilities must be expanded accordingly. As a result of the increased attendance in the Museum during lunch hours, a new picnic lunchroom was opened this past year primarily for the benefit of the increasing numbers of school children who visit the Museum in .organized groups. There were 4,257 group tours this year comprising 173,756, most of whom were school children. Elementary schools had the greatest representation with 90,- 871; while 49,822 came from high schools and 3,492 were from various college levels. Thirty-nine states were represented in this school group attendance. Represented in the general attendance were visitors- from every state in the Union, from Canada and Mexico and from ' foreign countries also in greater numbers than in any previous year. The bulk of these visitors arrived during the summer months which this year established new attendance records for June, July and August with a total of 789,985. August was the highest month of the year With 374,015. Foreign countries represented by groups taking Museum tours included: Prance, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Israel, Iceland, Cuba, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Additional numbers of foreign visitors caoM to the Museum this year ai a result of the Centennial of Engineering observation. Marking the hundredth an- { niversary of engineering in America, the centennial had several of its activities centered in the Museum. Theser included a special exhibit section devoted to engineering interests and the theatrical presentation "Adam to Atom" which reviewed the history of the engineer in a popular dramatic format and played to a total audience of 120,161. In addition t^ the many American engineers who participated in the formal activities of the engineering centennial at the Museum was a group of 500 engineers from all over the world. Marking the opening of the centennial itself, the Museum laid its cornerstone in aformal ceremony on Sept. 3. Containing various materials, physically or biologically "alive", the cornerstone constituted a laboratory vault in which experiments that would take a hundred years to complete were enclosed in an effort to provide research data unknown today. The stone will be opend in 205S by representatives and scientists of American engineering societies. , The Museum opened two new permanent exhibits during the year; one on "geometry" sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology and the other on the "human heart" sponsored by the Chicago Heart association. In a d d i t i o n , t h e r e w e r e m a n y changes made to other permanent exhibits including the electric theater, petroleum, telephone, television, automotive transportation and naval exhibits. Providing both exhibit interest as well as service to Museum visitors * is the electric, stairway installed by Westinghouse to make second floor exhibits more accessible. Many exhibits of a temporary nature were displayed during the year, including a collection of models illustrating the engineering achievements of the 16th century scientist and artist, Leonardo ^a Vinci. Still to be seen is a collection of coins and currency sponsored by members of the Chicago Coin Club. Two annual fairs were held in t h e M u s e u m -- t h e S t u d e n t Science Fair participated in oy high school science students of the Chicago area, the winner of which placed third in the nation al fair at Washington. More than 500 national winning en tries in the Industrial Arts -Awards Fair, sponsored by the F"ord Motor company, were displayed in the Museum during August and September. The photographic field was also represented with two shows in the Museum, the Chicago International Photo Salon and the Chicago Color Camera clubs annual exhibitions. Closing the Museum's " special activities was the annual series of "Christmas Around the World" program, which this year attracted 164,731 visitors. Plans for 1953, outlined in MacMaster's report, include the early opening of two permanent major exhibits. ' The "story of rubber," sponsored by , the B.F. Goodrich company, will open late in January and will be devoted to natural and synthetic rubber, its processing and uses. Sometime in February, the "story of hardwoods" sponsored by leading members of the haretyroods industry jwill be completed., McHENRY PLAINDEALER EA1 t HEAVY TIMBER USER North America uses approximately one-half of the timber consumed in the world, yet it contains only one-twelfth of the world's population. PROPOSE NEW LAW PROVIDING CHEMICAL TO TAKE PART IN - The Chicago Motor club has announced that it has drawn up a proposed state law which provides chemical tests for motorists accused of drunken driving. Josepn ^Jfccretary and genial counsel of the Chicago Motor cUib, pointed out that the law as outlined would provide motorist* with constitutional safeguards which are their birthright. "There has been much talk about making it compulsory for a motorist to take a chemical test when he has b<-en suspected of being intoxicated," Braun said. "We do not believe that such compulsion is within the framework and spirit of our constitution. Motorists who drive while drunk commit a serious violation of the law and should be punished. .Because drunken driving is such a serious violation we believe that safeguards , should ,be taken to insure that the pendulum does not swing the other way with wholesale disregard for the inherent rights "of motorists". According to the proposed bill, which was distributed to all members of the next Illinois General Assembly and to other public officers throughout the state, a motorist arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor would be given a chemical test to determine the alcoholic content of his blood only if Jie gave his consent. How about the person administering the test? What steps are taken to guarantee his competency According to the proposed bill only an individual who holds a certificate of competency issued by the State Department of Public Health to perform such an analysis or a licensed physician will be permitted to administer the test. >£ From a practical standpoint what does the proposed bill mean? It means that if a motorist agrees to take a test and the results show that he had 0.15 per cent or more by weight of alcohol in his blood, he's trouble. Based on this technical evidence the Court Would have a right to presume that the motorist was under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the alleged violation and the burden would th^n be shifted and he would be required to disprove this presumption. Today if a motorist agreed to take a test and it showed that he had 0.15 per cent or more by weight of alcohol in his blood, this information couldn't be used as evidence that he was under the influence unless it was further established by competent proof that the test was a valid one. This would mean that chemist^, doctors and specialists would ha^e to appear as witnesses to establish the validity of the test and the significance of the test. « The bill provides these advantages to motorists: 1. Motorists falsely accused of drunken driving would be vindicated by accurate, scientific tests. 2. Those guilty of drunken driving would be prosecuted quickly and efficin iently. 3. Trial costs for expert /"~V testimony by the prosecution would be reduced with consequent savings to motorists themselves. 4. It would remove a cudgel from the hands of many traffic officers who today make curbside decisions based on their own ^observations as to the sobriety of the motorist. THERMOMETER . 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